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Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
Tsetan’s English must have been picked up through his travels and interactions with the pilgrims he met.
What do the following utterances indicate?
(i) “I told her, through Daniel …”
(ii) “It’s a cold,” he said finally through Tsetan.
The preceding utterances demonstrate the absence of a common language. The author was unable to communicate in the local language and could only communicate in English. As a result, Daniel was the translator, and Tsetan was the one who translated the doctor’s words for the author.
Guess the meaning of the following words.
kora drokba kyang
In which language are these words found?
These are of Tibetan language.
Father to Son